Public employees. Less than half of the states include state employees in their definitions of public official and of those, most only include high-level employees. Effective June 2008, Illinois added sworn law enforcement or peace officers to their definition. Excluding legislators.
Definition of dogwood winter. South & Midland. : a brief spell of wintry weather in spring.
Information on California Dogwood Tree. California dogwood occasionally gives an encore of blossoms in the fall. The California dogwood tree (Cornus nuttallii), also called Pacific dogwood, Western dogwood and mountain dogwood, is a handsome North American native often grown as an ornamental tree in coastal regions west of the Cascades.